This has many explanations some humorous and some dark. As some people have previously mentioned sperm can swim up in there although this is rare.
There can be those who simply lie for posterity protecting their image or are in fear and then there are those who lie for attention. There are some
religious things that come into play. i do recall seeing something on tv before about a recent Christian thing where they do virginity restoring
through baptism. Now on to darker implications. These girls could have been drugged and raped.

This is a very difficult thought process to get out into text...it might make some sense at the end, it might not. Oh well.

If I read this article correctly the 0.8% figure comes from the females making these claims themselves, and not from medical examination. What this
says to me, outside of the few cases that may genuinely believe they were virgins (i.e. the victims of date rape or other atrocious happenings), is
that too many of these girls/women were in the "Oh no, what is so and so going to think of me?" mindset.

It is very possible, and more common than you may think, to "brainwash" yourself by thought and thought alone, and this process becomes easier with
significant mental anguish/trauma. Just like a child who is abused will block out memories, the opposite is also possible. The same child could
instead replace the memories with something different.

It's always been present in society, the need to feel accepted by others. Humans are a social animal, and sometimes our thought processes reflect
that in drastic fashion.

You cant medically prove someone is a virgin with certainty in all cases. Many girls hymens are broken from non sexual activies. There are also some
who never had one to begin with or have one with a hole just large enough its possible to have sex without it breaking.

Never observed in humans, easily tested by DNA test... And of course, as has been stated elsewhere, only viable in the case of females giving birth
to females.

Regards,
Hydeman

Thanks for looking it up. As stated, "it has never been observed in humans". That does not say it can't happen, only that it has not been
observed. It is still possible, but always does create females as you stated. Now was Jesus really a man?

As of now, it doesn't happen in humans. A genetic mutation would have to occur for that to happen in humans. In other words, the odds of it happening
to a human are VASTLY lower than 0.8% and this idea shouldn't even come into play when considering the implications of this study.

originally posted by: MarsIsRed
This really belongs in the "You can't make this #### up" forum, but it loosely fits in here!

Nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas
edition of Britain's BMJ medical journal.

The authors of "Like a virgin (mother)" - whose prose is devoid of irony - say such scientifically impossible claims show researchers must use care
in interpreting self-reported behavior. Fallible memory, beliefs and wishes can cause people to err in what they tell scientists.

Now, one could insert religious overtones and such, but I don't think that's really the case here. I mean, seriously, who do they think they're
kidding? lol

Great title for a scientific paper though!

Denial ain't a river in Egypt and is a powerful thing. I would imagine that most of them simply don't want to admit what they did for various
reasons, but I'd suggest that a percentage of them certainly do believe they were virgins.

Yeah, something. Something like a home-school, where a child has no TV, or internet access that isn't tightly censored, or access to any books except
the bible and ACE curriculum.

Or friends or peers or no outside connection. It doesn't have to be a Christian problem, either, there are non-religious people who are negligent
and/or abusive of their children. You don't have to make it a religious bashing thing.

Some cultures require proof of a bride's virginity before her marriage. This has traditionally been tested by the presence of an intact hymen, which
was verified by either a physical examination (usually by a physician, who provided a certificate of virginity) or by a "proof of blood," which
refers to vaginal bleeding that results from the tearing of the hymen after the first sanctioned sexual contact.[33][34][35] In some cultures, the
nuptial blood-spotted bed sheet would be displayed as proof of both consummation of marriage and that the bride was a virgin.[34][35]

Thats still miles from a Virgin birth or immaculate conception. A males sperm still entered and the child still has a father and mother.

Semen still entered the virgins and still travelled up the reproductive system.

I keep thinking of more possabilities. What if some of these girls dont even know what sex is? Even though there sex education programs in schools
some are homeschooled or their parents pull them out of school during health programs. I was shocked when I found a 14 year old girl online who did
not know what sex was from her dad not allowing her to know and no one in school would tell her since theyd laugh when I told her what it was she was
shocked because shes already done it a lot. Unfortunately my connection cut so I was not able to find out if she was being abused by her father or if
it was just simply someone taking advantage of her.

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